WELCOME TO THE GIF GALAXY CDROM volume 1 (international version) ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º º º GIF-GALAXY is a CDROM containing a large collection of many º º thousands of high quality, high resolution GIF images º º º º * people, animals, nature, technology, aircrafts, cars, º º * cities, landscapes, space, fractals, raytracing and more ... º º º º BONUS: you will also find a large selection of the best and º º most up to date º º Shareware and Public-Domain programs º º for GIF pictures. º º There are viewers, converters and many other utilities º º for DOS, Windows and OS/2. º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Press "cursor down" to see more text ! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ QUICK GUIDE for impatient users ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Change to the root directory of the cdrom drive and type INSTALL This will install some utilities onto the harddisk. Having finished the installation procedure you can type MENUE or GALLERY to start the two menu systems of this cdrom. ANIMATE shows a litte animation of a rotating cube with GIF pictures from that CDROM on the six faces. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ content of the GIF-GALAXY-CDROM ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ \ INFO.BAT displays that help text INSTALL.BAT installs utilities into directory C:\GIF_CD (VPIC6.0, IMAGE GALLERY, MODPLAYER) and calls configuration programs for VPIC and IMAGE GALLERY (you have to install your graphics adapter) RECONFIG.BAT use that program to reconfigure VPIC und IMAGE GALLERY MENUE.BAT this batch files starts the menu program GALLERY.BAT starts IMAGE GALLERY \PIC \GIFxx these directories contain \FRACTxx GIF pictures \RAYxx each directory contains FILES.BBS and catalog images (filename _VIEWnnn) \GIFPROG contains compressed GIF utilities (ZIP format) the menu program allows automatic unzipping, copying, execution of these programs \WINPROG GIF utilities for windows 3.x \ALCHEMY graphics programs from Alchemy Mindworks \GIFNEWS a "computer magazine" in GIF format \INSTALL installation programs \KATALOG menu program and file descriptions (xxx.txt) \NEOPAINT one of the best shareware programs of 1992 !!! an outstanding painting program with many features \PROGRAMS contains utilities used by the menu program \WINGIF contains a GIF viewer for windows to use, start windows and from the file manager run :\WINGIF\WINGIF.EXE ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± ±± Installation Guide and details about the menue programs ±± ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± Two user interfaces have been stored on this cdrom MENUE This program shows all files on the cdrom. From the menu you can easily select any file, copy or decompress it, run programs, view GIF pictures and ASCII files, play MOD files and much more. Some useful applications are installed "ready to run" and can be started right out of the menu program by pressing ALT-A. Among them: copy programs, virus scanner, viewers Press F1 to get context sensitive help. GALLERY This batch file starts the graphics database IMAGE GALLERY (program by Alchemy Mindworks). Select FILE from the menu followed by OPEN. You will see a list of Gallery files (.GAL). These gallery files contain thumbnail images of all the GIF pictures of that cdrom. You can scroll through the gallery and view any picture in full screen mode by pressing the right mouse button. In the EDIT menu you will find the EXPORT function which allows the convertion into any of the common bitmap formats. Image Gallery can also be used to print files. IMPORTANT: This shareware version is installed for test purposes only. Like with any other shareware program you have to register if you decide to use that program after the trial period. Please read the registration info. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Installation of menu program ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ If you are using this CDROM for the first time you have to install some utilities and configuration files. Just type INSTALL in the root directory of the cdrom drive. The installation procedure creates a directory GIF_CD on the harddrive C: and copies some programs into C:\GIF_CD (1.5 Megabytes). This must be done because these utilities cannot be run directly from the cdrom (they must be configured for your specific graphics adapter). Call INSTALL only when you are using this cdrom for the first time! If you need to reconfigure VPIC or IMAGE GALLERY just call RECONFIG. You can also reconfigure these programs directly. For this purpose change to C:\GIF_CD and call CONFIG for VPIC or GALINSTL for Image Gallery. IMPORTANT: Be sure to select the correct graphics adapter. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ KATALOG.INI ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ In C:\GIF_CD you can find KATALOG.INI. This file is the configuration file for the menue system. It is in ASCII format. The four line specify which program should be used as ASCII viewer, hex viewer, GIF viewer and MOD player. The lines contain the command lines the menue program uses when calling that programs. You can change these entries to force the menue program to use different viewers/players. Use %1 to specify the filename and %2 to specify the directory in the command line. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ NEOPAINT ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Neopaint is on of the best shareware programs of 1992. This painting program allows manipulation, conversion, printing of bitmap files (GIF format and other formats). To start the program just type NP in the directory NEOPAINT. The configuration file NEOPAINT.SET is located in C:\GIF_CD. It can be changed to individualize the program. NEOPAINT was developed by OSCS Software Development Inc. The cdrom contains the shareware version. The program is for test purposes only. If you want to use the program after the trial period please register! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ TECHNICAL INFO: ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ VPIC6.0 is called from the menu system with the command line option /r. It might be that you sometimes see a small black box on the screen when viewing GIF pictures. In that case please change the following line in KATALOG.INI (located in C:\GIF_CD) using any ASCII editor from GIFViewer: "C:\GIF_CD\VPIC /a /r %1" to GIFViewer: "C:\GIF_CD\VPIC /a %1" Please also read the documentation file VPIC.DOC in C:\GIF_CD. Image Gallery must also be configured accurately. The INSTALL batch file calls GALINSTL.EXE in C:\GIF_CD to install the program. By pressing F1 you can change some parameters (printer, memory usage, runtime parameters). When Image Gallery loads and displays images parts of the images are stored in EMS, XMS or on the disk. If you have installed EMS (expanded memory) or XMS (extended memory) on your computer please change the entry for "Image Memory". The default value is VIRTUAL. If image gallery has problems in displaying some graphics please change this entry to EXTENDED/EXPANDED. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ VERY IMPORTANT: ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Shareware programs can be tested. If you decide to use a shareware program after the trial period you have to register and to pay the small registration fee to the author of the program. Please read the registration notes which come with each shareware program. With the purchase of this cdrom you HAVE NOT payed any registration fee. Please support the shareware concept !!! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ We want to thank:³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ * Dieter Mayer, Munich for collecting all the wonderful pictures * Steve Rimmer from Alchemy Mindworks, Beeton, Ontario for his excellent shareware programs * all shareware authors for their useful programs *** and you for the purchase of this cdrom *** ------------------------------------------------------------ GIF-GALAXY-CDROM is a production of STARCOM AUSTRIA (c) 1993 ------------------------------------------------------------ STARCOM International CDROM distribution Dr. Waldner & Mueller OEG Limburggasse 45 A-9073 Klagenfurt, Austria - Europe Tel: +43 463 23 84 98 Fax: +43 463 23 84 98 and +43 463 29 67 24 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º The GIF GALAXY CDROM is distributed in USA/Canada exclusively by: º º º º WIZARDWARE Ltd. º º 918 Delaware Ave. º º Bethlehem, PA 18015 º º USA º º Phone: (215) 866-9613 º º Fax: (215) 691-8258 º º º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ